Lalique Nudes

Lalique Nudes were a mainstream feature of many of the Vases,Bowls and Lamps from the master of French Glassmaking

This was at the time of course of the turn of the century with a fairly libertine air in France.

It is no surprise that he designed beautiful but erotic works which are both erotic and sometimes decadent.

This is typified by his amazingly beautiful but very erotic dragonfly corsage ornament which features a semi-nude beauty with the lower half and wings of a Dragonly.

It was pieces like this that appealed to beauties of the day - women like Sarah Bernhardt and even members of European Royalty.

Gulbenkian was also a Lalique Glass Collector.

Rene had a beautiful range of erotic yet sometimes decadent pieces of jewelry for them - where the nude or semi-nude subject often had a dreamlike expression and looked as if they were awakening from an opium induced dream. The Poppy Maiden pendant is a typical example with oplaescent enamel over glass and silver mountings this is a really mysterious piece of beauty.

Lalique continues to produce nude pieces today and as always these are in the best possible taste.

Some themes run throughout Laliques work - draped or dancing nudes,mermaids and niads drift lazily across his lamps and vases but there is always a sumptuous and decadent feel to them.

His perfume bottles are an ideal example with moulded nudes on the sides and sometimes even as stoppers.

A whole range of ladies accessories came out with similar themes

These of course looked lovely on high fashion ladies dressing tables..

Car Mascots featuring beautiful well upholstered nudes were very popular and are now highly collectible but the star of Laliques Erotic pieces is the Bacchantes Vase which features a frieze of moulded nude maidens in the very throes and invitations of passion.

Lalique Nudes and other erotic glass pieces are highly sought after and are mainly now in mseums.